| Thursday 4/18, p.2 | Play your Db concert and G concert scales with a beautiful tone in half notes. Use a metronome at q=80. | InCANtation: Focus on note accuracy and tempo. Please work specifically on 88-100, 151-165, 197-199 and 207-end. Our goal tempo, with precision, is q=132+ | DUM SPIRO: Play through the entire piece, focusing on a beautiful sound. Use a metronome and the musical guidelines sheet to help you musically interpret each section. | InCANtation: Play through the entire piece, section by section, using a metronome and the musical guidelienes sheet. Make a small amount of time for focused practice each day (20-30 minutes) and you will find success! The expectation is that you will be able to play InCANtation at q=132 by next lesson. | Listen along to the pro recordings of DUM SPIRO and InCANtation while looking along with your music (and fingering along). | Thursday 4/25, p.3 |
| Tuesday 4/9, p.6 | Play your Db concert and G concert scales with a beautiful tone in half notes. Use a metronome at q=80. | Work on the notes, rhythms, and articulations of these sections so that you are able to play them successfully at q=100. You were not successful today. INCANTATION: m.25-26, 26-32, 57-69, 76 (bassoons), 88-94, 95-100, 115-122, 122-129, 151-165, 172-end. | DUM SPIRO: Play through the entire piece, focusing on a beautiful sound. Use a metronome and the musical guidelines sheet to help you musically interpret each section. | Practice rooms are available every day periods 1-9, and until 2:45pm. Be sure you have an instrument at home. Make a small amount of time for focused practice each day (20-30 minutes) and you will find success! | The expectation is that you will be able to play INCANTATION at q=120 by next lesson. Let me know if you need help. | Thursday 4/18, p.2 |
| Thursday 3/21, p.3 | C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, G, D, A, Db scales memorized at q=100. | Incantation m.88-100, 114-129 Fanfare style with "heat" on the sound. 165-171, 188-193, 193-205, 205-end. | NYSSMA Solos. Mange your time to make sure you are learning the muscle memory...you have 5 weeks. | INCANTATION - All. Practice with a metronome. Be precise with your articulation. DUM SPIRO SPERO - m.1-77. Play with a gorgeous sound. Erase the barlines with your phrasing. Shape the musical lines. | In order to be successful at our festival (and at NYSSMA), you must find time to practice and perfect your music. Take your instrument home. | Tuesday 3/26, p.5 |
| Thursday 3/14, p.2 | C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, G, D, A, Db scales memorized at q=100. | Incantation m.88-100 goal tempo is q=124. Practice 88 SLOWLY and CLEANLY (trombones). 114-129 Fanfare style with "heat" on the sound. 165-171, 188-193, 193-205. | NYSSMA Solo: Set a goal for yourself for this week. You have 6 weeks until NYSSMA/WE auditions. | Incantation m.1-205. All correct notes and rhythms at a steady tempo. | 3 things you can do that will immediately improve our musical team: Have good rehearsal discipline. Have a pencil and mark your music with reminders and added musicality. Put our professional recordings on your daily playlist. | Thursday 3/21, p.3 |
| Thursday 3/7, p.7 | C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, G, D scales memorized at q=100. | Incantation. Focus specifically on m.88-100 and 114-129. Break it down by clapping. Use a metronome. TROMBONES look at the 16th notes in m.88 and practice articulating them slowly and cleanly. | NYSSMA Solo: Set a goal for yourself for this week. You have 7 weeks until NYSSMA/WE auditions. | Incantation m.1-148. All correct notes and rhythms at a steady tempo. | Listen to Incantation. Listen to your NYSSMA solo. Listen to our Jazz Band music. Put these songs on your daily playlist - it will help you learn your music faster! | Thursday 3/14, p.2 |
| Thursday 2/29, p.6 | C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab scales memorized at q=100. | Incantation. Choose a tricky measure and practice it. Break it down by clapping the rhythms, playing the rhythms on one note, and then putting the rhythms and notes together. | Listen to Incantation. Listen to your Jazz Band music. Put these songs on your daily playlist - it will help you learn your music faster! | Incantation m.1-88. All correct notes and rhythms at a steady tempo. | See me if you need help with this assignment. | Thursday 3/7, p.7 |
| Thursday 1/18, p.3 | LISTEN. Use accompanyu.com to help yourself learn the notes, rhythms, and jazz inflection. | Take the A Train notes and rhythms m.1-53 | Shiny Stockings - All. | Be able to play this assignment correctly by yourself. | Use the Dashboard recordings to help you. | Thursday 1/25, p.5 |
| Thursday 1/11, p.2 | F concert Dorian Mode (memorized) and the returning scale at q=100. | Play the lead sheet to Shiny Stockings along with the backing track. Then, use the dorian scale, returning scale, and the melody to find combinations that sound good to you. Practice those combinations until they are comfortable. | Use your counting skills to help you practice - just remembering "how it goes" is not reliable. Things to work on are: entrances, silence during rests, and rhythmic accuracy (they are all related to counting!). | Shiny Stockings, ALL. Focus and actively listen to m.58-end. Mark the music with reminders. Be able to play the notes and rhythms correctly at a steady tempo. | Use accompanyu.com and Dashboard recordings to help you. | Thursday 1/18, p.3 |
| Thursday 1/4, p.7 | F concert Dorian Mode - memorized at q=100. | F concert Dorian returning Scale at q=100 (not memorized) | Mark your music with reminders to create good muscle memory habits. | Shiny Stockings m.1-58. Be able to play the notes and rhythms correctly at a steady tempo. | Use accompanyu.com and Dashboard recordings to help you. | Thursday 1/11, p.2 |
| Thursday 11/30, p.5 | Focus on improving your personal playing habit: Better posture? Taking a bigger breath? Playing with a bigger sound? Choose a scale from one of our concert pieces. Play it slowly in half notes and focus on creating a good habit. | Find a tricky section in our concert music. Start at a tempo that is successful for you. Then, click up 2 notches and try it faster. Repeat until you get to our concert tempo. | Spend time on Let it Snow - listen to the recording and play along. | Play through Winter Rhapsody and Invicta. Play along with the recordings. Play the dynamics, accents, and phrasing. | Attend the Let it Snow Rehearsal on Friday 12/8, p.9 | Your last lesson before our concert is Thursday 12/7, p.6! |
| Tuesday 11/21, p.3 | Work on Winter Rhapsody or Invicta measures that are challenging for you. Practice those measures 1-2 at a time, slowly, for accurate muscle memory. | Play through Winter Rhapsody. Be sure you are connecting your notes and playing with graceful phrases and a beautiful sound. | Play through Invicta. Goal tempo is 144 for the allegro sections. Be accurate with your articulation and always play with a beautiful sound. | Video Assessment #2 will be filmed at your 11/30 lesson. | Ask me for help if you need it! Happy to stay and practice with you. | Thursday 11/30, p.5 |
| Thursday 11/16, p.2 | Foundations book: pg.5. Play with a big, beautiful sound! Trombones - practice using trigger b2 for B natural, also low F trigger 1 and low E trigger 2. | ALL: Find a section in Invicta/Winter that you need to work on. Start slowly, use a metronome to help build correct and even muscle memory. | TROMBONES & HANA: Be able to play Lullaby and Invicta, at tempo, with all correct muscle memory and a big, beautiful sound. | LUCAS & BRIAN: Practice the solos in Winter Rhapsody. Be able to play gracefully and accurately with a beautiful sound. Then, move on to Invicta and achieve the same. | Start looking at Winter Wonderland/Let it Snow | Tuesday 11/21, p.3 |
| Thursday 11/9, p.7 | Foundations book: pg.5. Play with a big, beautiful sound! Trombones - practice using trigger b2 for B natural, also low F trigger 1 and low E trigger 2. | Foundations book: pg.7 option 4. Big sound - connect your notes with air! | Play through all Winter Rhapsody and Invicta. Notice sections that you are not yet able to play beautifully/accurately/comfortably. Practice those. | Rhapsody and Invicta muscle memory and phrasing/musicianship should be complete. Markings should be in your music with reminders to help you be successful. | Use the Dashboard recordings to help you. | Thursday 11/16, p.2 |
| Thursday 11/2, p.6 | Foundations book: pg.5. Play with a big, beautiful sound! Trombones - practice using trigger b2 for B natural, also low F trigger 1 and low E trigger 2. | Foundations book: pg.7 option 4. Big sound - connect your notes with air! | Invicta - professional recording is on Dashboard. Use it to help you start to decipher your part, and how it fits into the whole. | Winter Rhapsody - keep working to be able to play confidently (and beautifully!) by yourself. Connect your notes with great air support! | SRF: Try a level III or IV Example in the key of Eb concert. | Thursday 11/9, p.7 |
| Thursday 10/12, p.2 | Foundations book: pg. 4 Long Tone 1b and 1c at q=80. AND pg.6 Warm-Up Set 1 option #1 and pg.7 Warm-Up Set 2 option #1 q=80. | pg.28 Eb concert Scale memorized at q=100. And, Eb concert mini-scale and tonic arpeggio and Scale Pattern #1 (not memorized) at q=100. | Video Assessment #1 will be filmed at your 10/20 lesson. The grading rubric is available here (click link on HW table on Dashboard). | Winter Rhapsody. Use the professional recording to help you. | SRF: Try a level III or IV Example in the key of Eb concert. | Friday 10/20, p.3 |
| Friday 10/6, p.7 | Foundations book: pg. 4 Long Tone 1b and 1c at q=80. AND pg.6 Warm-Up Set 1 option #1 and pg.7 Warm-Up Set 2 option #1 q=80. | pg.28 Eb concert Scale memorized at q=100. And, Eb concert mini-scale and tonic arpeggio and Scale Pattern #1 (not memorized) at q=100. | SRF: Try a level II, III or IV Example in the key of Eb concert | Winter Rhapsody. | Be sure you can play Winter Rhapsody, confidently and correctly, by yourself. | Thursday 10/12, p.2 |
| Friday 9/22, p.5 | Foundations book: pg. 4 Long Tone 1a and 1b at q=80. AND pg.6 Warm-Up Set 1 #1 and #4 at q=80. | pg.10 Memorize the Bb Concert Scale in the pattern at q=100. Scale pattern 1 (not memorized) at q=80-100 with articulation #4. | Bb/gm Etude: ALLEGRETTO ANIMATO - the entire etude. Be able to play the correct notes and rhythms with a good sound at a steady tempo. | Be able to play the correct notes and rhythms for the Star Spangled Banner. | SRF: Try a level I-III Example | Friday 9/29, p.6 |
| Friday 9/15, p.3 | Foundations book: pg. 4 Long Tone 1a and 1b at q=80. AND pg.6 Warm-Up Set 1 #1 and #4 at q=80. | pg.10 Memorize the Bb Concert Scale in the pattern at q=100. Scale pattern 1 (not memorized) at q=80-100 with varied articulation. | Bb/gm Etude: ALLEGRETTO ANIMATO m.1-27. Be able to play the correct notes and rhythms with a good sound at a steady tempo. | Let's Go Blue, Hey Song, Land of 1,000 Dances, Seven Nation Army top-optional ending, Sweet Caroline m.24-46. | SRF: Try a level I Example | LESSON DAY CHANGED TO Friday 9/22, p.5 |
| Your first band lesson is Friday 9/15, p.3 | | | | | Your required musical supplies are due at this lesson. Bring them to school early so that you don't forget! | Friday 9/15, p.3 |